president obama is canceling his meeting with russian president putin over tensions because of the nsa leaker edward snowden. russia granted snowden one year temporary asylum last week. we didn't like it, the meeting off. let's get the policy, president obama's plan to keep the hougs recovery going, here it is, winding down the role of fannie and freddie and give private banks a bigger role in lending. he wants more loans for credit buyers and exert more control over the bank telling them what to do. if things go wrong, the taxpayer will still have to back the housing industry. social engineering like we had ten years ago, yes, say the critics. others support it. but remember this, do you remember this from a few weeks back, the government is using census data for a fair housing rule. they're making a racial map of every neighborhood in america, grabbing demographic data to make sure there is no inequality. special engineering and housing back at the top of the president's agenda. let's get to the market. check futures. we're looking for a lower open today. maybe 50 points down, probab